avocet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

WordNet

Av"o*cet, Av"o*set noun (Also<
  • Avocet
  • Avoset
)
Etymology
F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. Written also avocette.

Webster 1913